Tips for growing and Harvesting French Tarragon.

*A perennial herb with long, light green leaves and tiny greenish or yellowish white flowers. For cooking use French tarragon. Russian tarragon has flavor vastly inferior to French tarragon.

*French tarragon grows best in warm, dry, well-aerated soils and does not tolerate wet or saturated soils. Before planting, incorporate 1 to 2 inches of well-composted organic matter into the soil. Work the compost into the top 6 to 8 inches of the soil. Organic matter additions to soils help improve aeration and water drainage.

*You can’t grow French tarragon from seeds so plant transplants in well-drained soil about 2 to 3 feet apart in order to give each plant room to grow. A full-grown plant should cover about 12 inches of soil and reach 24 to 36 inches in height.